Reeling mechanism



Patented June 14, 1938 UNITED sTATes PATENT OFFICE REELING MECHANISM Reginald F. Sedgley, Philadelphia, Pa.; Edwin Pugsley and Girard- Trust Company executors of Reginald F. Sedgley, deceased 7 Application July 30; 1936, Serial No. 93,396 8 Claims. (01. 242-48) The object of this invention is to devise a novel rangement of which may vary widely in practice. reeling mechanism wherein a reel is automati- A shaft 2 is journalled in the frame and has a cally disconnected from its driving means when reel carrier 3 fixed to each end of it. A desired a predetermined amount of strand material has number of cylindrical tubular spools which form been wound, and another reel is brought into the reels 4 are each provided with a shaft 5 jour- 5 driven engagement with the driving means. nalled in its carrier and provided with a cone The reels are of novel construction and prO- shaped frictional driving member 6. Each of the vision is made for attaching the strand to them reels 4 at its inner end has an annular flange 1 While they are revolving. connected by a fillet with the cylindrical outer With the above and other objects in View as face of the reel. The reels are preferably hollow 1Q .15 coil. member for the reels, and which, for purpose of 5 ling the period during which said members are vide the required driving speed. The shaft 2 has 0 ,25 the detailed description and the appended claims. which a reciprocating member in the form of a ,30 Figure l is a perspective view of a reeling mechwith a controllingrod l8 which may be automatid Figure 3 is a perspective view, in detached powhich passes through a slot 2! in its upper 35 5 cam locking, releasing and turning means; out of the path of the cam it when it is desired relation from that seen in Figure 7. I means. This turning of the reel heads begins 50 Figure 10 is a top plan view of the construction when the cam 28 on the cam member I!) is moved seen in Figure 9, with the cam removed. beneath the cam I3.

Similar numerals indicate corresponding parts. The mounting 29 for the motor is resiliently Referring to the drawing: mounted, for example on the; springs 30, and a l designates a frame, the construction and arrod 3| is connected with the journal boxes and w will hereinafter clearly appear, my invention comand cylindrical, and, at their'outer or free ends, prehends novel reeling mechanism which is esare each provided with an inclined cut 8, which pecially adapted to reel a tensioned metallic facilitates the securing of a strand thereon while strand which is in the form of a continuous helical the reel is revolving. 9 designates a driving It further comprehends a novel reeling mechillustration only, has been shown as the shaft of anism having a novel construction and arrangean electric. motor l0. Cone shaped frictional ment of reeling members, novel driving means driving members H are secured in adjustedpofor said members, and novel means for controlsitions on the shafting by set screws 42, to prodriven and for bringing said reels into and out fixed to it a polygonally shaped cam I3 which,

of their driving position. for purposes of illustration, has been shown as Other novel features of construction and adtriangular. I 1 v vantage will hereinafter more clearly appear in The frame I is cut away to form a track [4 on For the purpose of illustrating the invention; push bar i5 is slidable; ,The push bar I5 has at I have shown in the accompanying drawing a one end a pin and slotconnection as at I6 with typical embodiment of it, which, in practice, will. one endof a lever ll fulcrumed on the frame, the give satisfactory and reliable results. other end of said lever being pivotally connected anism embodying my invention and having parts cally actuated, or controlled by the operator in thereof removed for the sake of clearness of illusany desired manner. The push bar l5 at its fortration. I ward end has fixed to it an angularly shaped Figure 2 is a sectional elevation. J I cam member H] by fastening devices 20 one of sition of a portion of a locking and releasing stretch to provide for its longitudinal adjustment mechanism. on the bar. The bar is recessed at 22 to provide Figure 4 is a side elevation of a portion of Figclearance for the turning of the cam 13, and it ure 2. is also recessed at the side as at 23 to receive an 40 Figure 5 is a sectional elevation of a strand angularly shaped latch 24 pivoted to the push 40 cutter. bar at 25. 26 is a latch block fixed to the frame Figure 6 is a sectional elevation partly broken and provided with a pin or boss 21 cooperating away for clearness of illustration. withthe latch to cause the latch tobe positioned Figure 7 is a side elevationof portions ofthe beneath a fiat face of the cam it or to be moved Figure 8 is a top plan view of the construction to partially revolve the reel head to bring. a seen in Figure 7, with the cam removed. Wound reel out of driven relation with the driv- Figure 9 is a side elevation similar to Figure ing means and a reel on which the strand is to 7, but showing certain of the parts in a different be wound, into driving relation with the driving provided with a weight 32 which is longitudinally adjustable of the rod to provide the proper frictional engagement between the driving and driven friction members it and 6 respectively.

The frame has brackets 33 at opposite sides, on which strand cutters 34 are pivoted. The body portion of a cutter is apertured to receive a rod 35 connected with a movable blade 36 which cooperates with a stationary blade 3'! having an outwardly extending hook 38 to direct a strand between the blades. The rear end of the rod 35 is bent outwardly to form a cam engaging member. A spring 39 tends to move the movable blade away from the fixed bade. A spring 40, see Figure 2, tends to move the cam 41 at the lower end of a cutter into the path of the cams 42, circumferentially spaced on the reel carrier. As the reel revolves to bring a reel to be wound into reeling position the cam l! riding on the outer face 53 of a cam 42 causes the upper end of the cutter to move inwardly and the strand leading to the wound reel passes between the cutter blades. The under cam face =34 of said cam 42 acts against the rod 35 to move the blade 36 towards the blade N and sever the strand.

The strand is thus automatically cut as a wound reel moves into the position for removal of the skein.

The operation of my novel reeling mechanism will now be apparent to those skilled in this art and is as follows:

The cone shaped friction driving members may be driven by any desired source of power, and, when the cone shaped driven members 6 are brought into driven relation with the cone shaped, frictional driving members H, the upper reels 4 for receiving strands of material will be revolved and one or more strands wound thereon. The strand is connected with a' revolving reel by the operator pushing it against the outer face of the reel so that it catches in the slot 8.

When a sufiicient amount of strand material has been wound on the reels which are being driven, the reeling mechanism is tripped, and the strands leading to the. wound reel are cut automatically or by the operator. In order'to effect this tripping action, the operator moves the controlling r'od E8 to the left, which causes the push bar i5 to move towards the right which moves the cam 28 beneath the bottom flat face f the cam it. This effects the partial revolution of the cam 3, and thereby of the reel carriers. As the push bar l5 moves in the direction of the arrow in Figure 7, the cam 13 rides up on the cam 28, thereby turning the cam l3 which enters the recess 22 in the push bar 15. As the push bar is moved to the right as in Figure '7, the latch 26 is swung outwardly by the pin 2 see Figures 7 and 8, from beneath the cam it to provide the necessary clearance for the partial revolution of the cam l3.

The operator now moves rod E8 to the right, which causes the push bar to move to the left and the shoulder of the recess 22 turns the cam I3 during the movement to the left of the push bar. Since the pin 2'5 is stationary, the ortion of the latch 24 on which the fiat face of the cam I3 is to rest will be moved inwardly to receive such flat face and thus retain the reel carriers in their locked and stationary position during the winding of the strands on the driven unwound reels, which are now being driven by the cooperating friction members 6 and l I.

As the reel carriers revolve the strand or cooperation with which the reels are successively strands leading to a wound reel engages the hooks on the cutters and is drawn beneath the cutting blades which have been moved into strand receiving position by a cam on the reel. Such cam also causes the advancement of the movable blade to effect the severing of the strand during the revolution of a carrier.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a reeling mechanism, a frame, a shaft journalled in said frame, a reel carrier on said shaft, a cam on said shaft, reels rotatably mounted on said carrier; a drive into cooperative driving relation with which the reels are progressively brought on the revolution of the carrier, a bar slidable along said cam and having a cam member to partially revolve said cam, a locking and releasing member for said cam movably mounted on said slidable bar, means to movesaid locking and releasing member into and out of locked-position, and means to actuate said slidable bar.

2. In a reeling mechanism, a frame, a shaft, journalled in said frame, a reel carrier on said shaft, a cam on said shaft, cylindrical tubular reels rotatably mounted on said carrier, and having strand receiving slots, a drive into cooperative driving relation with which the reels are progressively broughton the revolution of the carrier, a bar slidable along said cam and having a cam member to partially revolve said cam, a locking and releasing member for said cam movably mounted on said slidable bar, means to move said locking and releasing member into and out of locked position, and means to actuate said slidable bar.

3. In a reeling mechanism, a frame, a reel carrier normally stationary and rotatably mounted in the frame for intermittent rotation,reels revoluble on the carrier, a cam fixed on said carrier and having sides corresponding to the number of reels, 2, reciprocatory bar having a recess in which the cam can turn to intermittently rotate the reel carrier, a latch on the bar in the path of the cam to prevent its turning, latch releasing means, means to reciprocate said bar to actuate said latch releasing means and effect the turning of the reel carrier to bring a new reel into winding position, and reel driving means into brought by rotation of said reel carrier.

4. In a reeling mechanism, a frame, areel carrier normally stationary and rotatably mounted in the frame for intermittent rotation, reels revoluble on the carrier, a cam fixed on said carrier and having sides corresponding to the number of reels, a reciprocatory bar having a recess in which the cam can turn to intermittently rotate the reel carrier, a latch on the bar in the path of the cam to prevent its turning, latch releasing means, a cam carried by the bar to cause an initial turning movement on release of the latch, means to reciprocate said bar to actuate said latch releasing means and effect the turning of the reel carrier to bring a new reel into winding position, and reel driving means into cooperation with which the reels are successivelybrought by rotation of said reel carrier.

5. In a reeling mechaism, a frame, a reel carrier normallystationary and rotatably mounted in the frame for intermittentrotat ion, reels revoluble on the carrier, a cam fixed on said carrier and having sides corresponding to the number of reels, 2. reciprocatory bar having a recess in which the cam can turn to intermittently rotate the reel carrier, a latch on the bar in the path of the cam to prevent its turning, latch releasing means, a cam carried by the bar to cause an initial turning movement on release of the latch, means to reciprocate said bar to actuate said latch releasing means and effect the turning of the reel carrier to bring a new reel into winding position, reel driving means into cooperation with which the reels are successively brought by rotation of said reel carrier, and a strand cutting mechanism including means on the carrier to time its cutting action.

6. In a strand reeling mechanism, a reel carrier rotatably mounted, reels revoluble on the carrier, a cam fixed to the carrier and having the same number of sides as the number of reels, a bar slidably mounted alongside of the cam and having a recess into which the cam can turn When in alignment therewith, a latch pivoted to the bar and having a portion to extend into the recess to prevent turning of the cam, a cam releasing member in, the path of the latch, a cam on the bar to initially turn the cam on movement of the bar, the completion of the turning movement of the cam being caused by a shoulder of said recess, means to reciprocate said bar, and

.means to revolve a reel when in reeling position.

7. In a reeling mechanism, a frame, a reel carrier normally stationary and rotatably mounted in the frame for intermittent rotation, reels revoluble on the carrier, and each having a slot opening through its periphery to receive a strand during the revolution of its reel, a cam fixed on said carrier and having sides corresponding to the number of reels, a reciprocatory'bar having a recess in which the cam can turn to intermittently rotate the reel carrier, a latch on the bar in the path of the cam to prevent its turning, latch releasing means, means to reciprocate said bar to actuate said latch releasing means and effect the turning of the reel carrier to bring a new reel into Winding position, and reel driving means into cooperation with which the reels are successively brought by rotation of said reel carrier.

8. In a reeling mechanism, a frame, a reel carrier normally stationary and rotatably mounted in the frame for intermittent rotation, reels revoluble on the carrier, a cam fixed on said carrier and having sides corresponding to the number of reels, a reciprocatory bar having a recess in which the cam can turn to intermittently rotate the reel carrier, a latch on the bar in the path of the cam to prevent its turning, latch releasing means, a cam carried by the bar'to cause an initial turning movement on release of the latch, means to reciprocate said bar to actuate said latch releasing means and effect the turning of the reel carrier to bring a new reel into winding position, reel driving means into cooperation with which the reels are successively brought by rotation of said reel carrier, a cutting lever, a cutting blade thereon, and cam means on a carrier to first move the cutting lever into cutting position and thereafter actuate the blade to cut the strand of a Wound reel.

REGINALD F. SEDGLEY. 

